In our hospital, nipple shields are available to the nurses, who sometimes hand them out. This was driving me crazy when I first started here, and resulted in one of my young moms being stuck with a nipple shield for the duration of her breastfeeding experience. She weaned at 4 months, at least partly out of frustration at always having to use the shield. So now, for my own patients, nipple shields must be okayed by me, and I never okay them without a consult from our IBCLC. I also have an order on the newborn's chart that I must okay any formula supplement. Jennifer Tieman Family Physician Mom to 3, and new baby #4 expected 5/31/03 *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html